שָׁקַד
shâqad · shaw-kad'
to be alert, i.e. sleepless; hence to be on the lookout (whether for good or ill)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to be alert, i.e. sleepless; hence to be on the lookout (whether for good or ill)
- to be alert, i.e. sleepless
- hence, to be on the lookout (whether for good or ill)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: hasten, remain, wake, watch (for).
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the doorway, the way in
To consume, to destroy of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁקַד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- watch1 · 8%
- and shall remain1 · 8%
- i watch1 · 8%
- waketh1 · 8%
- me, watching1 · 8%
- and all that watch1 · 8%
- for i will hasten1 · 8%
- shall watch1 · 8%
- and it shall come to pass, that like as i have watched over1 · 8%
- so will i watch over1 · 8%
- behold, i will watch1 · 8%
- watched1 · 8%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.